On Tue, Apr 13, 1999 at 10:07:53AM +0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Hello! > > The most serious problem with GNU Hurd I encountered so far is that > /dev/MAKEDEV from the Debian distribution knows nothing about Hurd > devices.
Yeah, that's why you shouldn't use teh MAKEDEV from the Debian distribution (read: makedev package) but the one from the Hurd package. I'll file a bug report against the Hurd package to Conflict: makedev. This should be a bit safer. The real solution is to get makedev package from the archive, but it is unfortunately Architecture: all, and Debian infrastructure is suboptimal currently. Sorry for the inconvenience. Be careful with binary-all packages for now. > It is for Linux, not for Hurd. Ask Hurd developers for a better > MAKEDEV. You can take one from > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/gnu-19990104.tar.gz There is one in the hurd package. Reinstalling the hurd package helps :) > However, I can boot Hurd in single-user mode. Pipes don't work though > (protocol family not supported), thus configure scripts fail. Either you don't have run the commands in native-install or you have not make the partition with hurd ownership in the first place. gnu-19990104 is a bit broken. You need to edit the native-install script and run it to get proper device files and initial translators. Better use cross-install. Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
